A Review of Water Demand Framework for River Basin in Southeast Asia

Abstract Water demands are the most referred indicators for water distribution system operators to regulate production and storage of potable water. Many regional in Southeast Asia are greatly dependent on freshwater resources, which most of the time comes from large rivers basin, with starting point in high mountains and the flowing water which distribute into many parts in particular region for daily activities. Hence, understanding the projection of water demand by the reservoir that are formed by constructing dams across rivers need to be done which can contribute to water demand framework for river basin. Evaluation on consideration and estimation between water withdrawal and water availability can provide the quantity of water loss. This paper presents a review of water demand projection for different reservoir in river basin across Southeast Asia.